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we saw george w. bush was interviewed informally today and he in 30 seconds rattled off from the top of his head that kind of supportive message that ronald reagan gave after the challenger explosion and barack obama gave after many disasters and george w. bush gave after 9/11. the third thing that presidents usually do and human beings do is have empathy and warmth with people who have lost everything. politicians do things as stage people but most of us have that vibe of fueling, as bill clinton put it, feeling your pain, of just wanting to hold people and see them and bear witness and say that i am the representative of the country but i also am a person. and i'm here to say you've been through something terrible and i'm here to offer support and sympathy and people are better or worse at that. richard nixon wasn't so great. the fact that donald trump didn't even try one of these two things to speak for the country or to deal with the people, there's something unusual about him as a person that i t
we saw george w. bush was interviewed informally today and he in 30 seconds rattled off from the top of his head that kind of supportive message that ronald reagan gave after the challenger explosion and barack obama gave after many disasters and george w. bush gave after 9/11. the third thing that presidents usually do and human beings do is have empathy and warmth with people who have lost everything. politicians do things as stage people but most of us have that vibe of fueling, as bill...
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and donald trump will call it a pardon, what george w. bush did, even though george w. bush did not actually pardon scooter libby. listen to what president trump said today about president obama commuting, not pardoning chelsea manning. >> president obama commuted the sentence of chelsea manning, who leaked countless sensitive and classified documents to wikileaks, perhaps and others, but horrible, horrible thing that he did. commuted the sentence and perhaps pardoned. >> commuted the sentence, and then he looks up from his written script and said "perhaps pardoned." no, no, no. not perhaps pardoned. there was no pardon. president obama did not pardon chelsea manning. but donald trump will say whatever he feels like saying if and when he pardons mike flynn or paul manafort or jared kushner or donald trump jr. or ivanka trump. and one of the things he's absolutely going to say is that president bush pardoned scooter libby. he's going to say that even though it's not true. the president provided no facts whatsoever to back up his pardon of joe arpaio. no facts. just adjec
and donald trump will call it a pardon, what george w. bush did, even though george w. bush did not actually pardon scooter libby. listen to what president trump said today about president obama commuting, not pardoning chelsea manning. >> president obama commuted the sentence of chelsea manning, who leaked countless sensitive and classified documents to wikileaks, perhaps and others, but horrible, horrible thing that he did. commuted the sentence and perhaps pardoned. >> commuted...
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w. and to see him incapable of letting a single day be about anyone other than him and his inability to stifle a single political impulse is a stunning thing to observe. >> nicolle, from the podium in the west wing briefing room today, in realtime, on your broadcast, you chose to highlight something the president's kind of domestic security adviser said to a briefing about government institutions. do you recall that? and what's its relevance to what happened tonight? >> so the president's homeland security adviser tom bossard took to the white house podium and stood behind the podium and said it's a dangerous thing to question your government institutions, especially on a day like today where people need to have basic trust in evacuation orders, in weather forecasts and whatnot, that lives are on the line. and i don't know what could be more -- you know, what could drive that home more than the reporting you just shared at the top of your show about first responders, writing their vital
w. and to see him incapable of letting a single day be about anyone other than him and his inability to stifle a single political impulse is a stunning thing to observe. >> nicolle, from the podium in the west wing briefing room today, in realtime, on your broadcast, you chose to highlight something the president's kind of domestic security adviser said to a briefing about government institutions. do you recall that? and what's its relevance to what happened tonight? >> so the...
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he worked in the last three republican administrations, including as a senior aide to george w. bush. also back with us is adam who worked for senator harry reid in the senate. peter, this is the president running into immediate resistance, obvious public resistance. paul ryan, tom cole, saying no we're not going to shut down the government or come close to shutting down the government over paying for the wall that you said mexico would pay for. >> yeah, and ryan and cole and all the rest are right. this is an insane strategy to try and shut down the government for a wall that 60% of the public doesn't want. but this is part of a growing phenomenon and really a growing collision between trump and the republicans. you can just see it and feel it over the last three or four weeks. trump is going after republicans. they're starting to go back after him. and i have thought for a long time, as you know, that the republican party has to break with trump. that's bookkeeping more urgent not only because of his mental instability which is so obvious, but i also think what's going to happ
he worked in the last three republican administrations, including as a senior aide to george w. bush. also back with us is adam who worked for senator harry reid in the senate. peter, this is the president running into immediate resistance, obvious public resistance. paul ryan, tom cole, saying no we're not going to shut down the government or come close to shutting down the government over paying for the wall that you said mexico would pay for. >> yeah, and ryan and cole and all the rest...
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just as no republican challenged george w. bush for his not renomination and his re-election campaign. that's the way it's supposed to be. already there is talk in republican circles of a republican challenge to donald trump in the primaries for his part donald trump is already campaigning for re-election. that's what he's going to be doing tomorrow night in a rally in phoenix. that was maybe some of what he was doing tonight. the president is already eagerly raising money for his re-election campaign. it should also be noted that money raised for re-election campaign can be used to pay his criminal defense lawyers who are representing him in this special prosecutor's investigation. in maine today, hallie jackson asked senator susan collins about the president's re-election campaign. >> he's already running for re-election. what happens next? >> well, it's far too early to tell now. there's a long race between now and that point. >> do you think he will end up the party's nominee in 2020? >> it's too difficult to say. >> in 20
just as no republican challenged george w. bush for his not renomination and his re-election campaign. that's the way it's supposed to be. already there is talk in republican circles of a republican challenge to donald trump in the primaries for his part donald trump is already campaigning for re-election. that's what he's going to be doing tomorrow night in a rally in phoenix. that was maybe some of what he was doing tonight. the president is already eagerly raising money for his re-election...
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he worked in the last three republican administrations and was a senior aide to president george w. bush. peter, let me start with you because one thing that republicans have enjoyed being able to do in the last few decades in the united states is generally speaking claim the support and partnership of the business community because they share interests in some deregulation or lower taxes, and that's exactly the same thing with donald trump. business leaders wanted to achieve some of the goals that he said he could achieve, and now they've turned their backs on him. >> yeah, and they've turned their back on him not so much because of changes in policy, but because it's dawned on them that man is a offense. the business community is bail be on him and the white nationalists and nazis are rallying to him. i give you the times as thomas more said. the republican party is in catastrophic shape right now because its business center and core and its moral core is being eroded by donald trump. and really all that's going to be left is this sort of radioactive white nationalist, white supre
he worked in the last three republican administrations and was a senior aide to president george w. bush. peter, let me start with you because one thing that republicans have enjoyed being able to do in the last few decades in the united states is generally speaking claim the support and partnership of the business community because they share interests in some deregulation or lower taxes, and that's exactly the same thing with donald trump. business leaders wanted to achieve some of the goals...
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george w. bush, president clinton were in office nearly two years before granting their first pardon. maybe it's just warming up the whole pardon idea. last month "the washington post" reported that president trump was already asking his lawyers about his power to pardon his staffers and his family members, even himself in conjunction with the russia investigation. trying to work the kinks out, trying to get good at it before he has to did it for the really important stuff. buckle up. that does it for us tonight. we will see you again tomorrow. now it's time for "the last word" with lawrence o'donnell. >> good evening, rachel. so you think it might just be that president trump's first pardon, he wants it to be someone not named trump? >> that's what i'm thinking. he wants to get good at it so he knows how to do it really well by the time he has to do it for the family. >> make sure it really works and it actually holds. >> if i were him, i'd start giving pardons to all sorts of people for all s
george w. bush, president clinton were in office nearly two years before granting their first pardon. maybe it's just warming up the whole pardon idea. last month "the washington post" reported that president trump was already asking his lawyers about his power to pardon his staffers and his family members, even himself in conjunction with the russia investigation. trying to work the kinks out, trying to get good at it before he has to did it for the really important stuff. buckle up....
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w. no one took that threat seriously for understandable reasons but it was a threat he was comfortable making. in the same way he's hinted about sending the military to the border to try to deal with people crossing the border illegally. his default is to pivot to the military, to pivot to some sort of military solution. i think that's part of why he likes generals so much, part of why his default when his own white house was sort of turning into a bit of an omni shambles was to bring in a four-star general, somebody with that military credibility. the question here then becomes not so much necessarily why is the president bringing up the military all the time as should people and can people take the president of the united states seriously when he threatens military action. in the past, over the course of his presidency, he's been sort of on and off about whether or not he follows through on those threats. republicans hit obama hard when he didn't follow through all the way on when he d
w. no one took that threat seriously for understandable reasons but it was a threat he was comfortable making. in the same way he's hinted about sending the military to the border to try to deal with people crossing the border illegally. his default is to pivot to the military, to pivot to some sort of military solution. i think that's part of why he likes generals so much, part of why his default when his own white house was sort of turning into a bit of an omni shambles was to bring in a...
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bush's administration, nominated by president george w. bush as fbi director, kept on by president obama for a couple of years. i mean he is as nonpartisan a figure as you can get. so, you know, it seems to those of us who have followed bob mueller for many, many years highly unusual to hear these kind of attacks on his integrity at this point. but on the other hand, this is what white houses do when they are facing special counsel investigations. they go after the special counsel. >> well, and you said he's nonpartisan. sam, another way to put it is to the extent he has had affiliations with a party, it's the republican party. that's where he was rising as an appointee, at least when he had taken over fbi. i guess the opposition research is kicking around. you can't do the whole topic justice, but anything you want to say about the enron task force here because it's something that republicans seem to think is a kind of vulnerability for mueller. >> well, it's ironic, ari, because the enron task force was created at the instigation of the
bush's administration, nominated by president george w. bush as fbi director, kept on by president obama for a couple of years. i mean he is as nonpartisan a figure as you can get. so, you know, it seems to those of us who have followed bob mueller for many, many years highly unusual to hear these kind of attacks on his integrity at this point. but on the other hand, this is what white houses do when they are facing special counsel investigations. they go after the special counsel. >>...
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george w. bush hit that after 1,700 days as president. obama never reached it. so this is after six months, trump hit it for the first time after 144 days. he's again there today. and by any metric, this is the most historically unpopular president at this point in his presidency. >> and 69% say that he should not tweet from his personal account. and a majority of republicans actually think he should not tweet from his personal account. ryan klaas, ron klain, thank you for joining us tonight. >>> coming up, the first female marine to fly an f-18 in combat is now running for congress, and she's running as a democrat. she will be our next guest. (burke) at farmers, we've seen almost everything so we know how to cover almost anything. even a swing set standoff. and we covered it, july first, twenty-fifteen. talk to farmers. we know a thing or two because we've seen a thing or two. ♪ we are farmers. bum-pa-dum, bum-bum-bum-bum ♪ i enjoy the fresher things in life.o. fresh towels. fresh soaps. and of course, tripadvisor's freshest, lowest... ...prices. so if you'
george w. bush hit that after 1,700 days as president. obama never reached it. so this is after six months, trump hit it for the first time after 144 days. he's again there today. and by any metric, this is the most historically unpopular president at this point in his presidency. >> and 69% say that he should not tweet from his personal account. and a majority of republicans actually think he should not tweet from his personal account. ryan klaas, ron klain, thank you for joining us...
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george w. bush hit that after 1,700 days as president. obama never reached it. so this is after six months, trump hit it for the first time after 144 days. he's again there today. and by any metric, this is the most historically unpopular president at this point in his presidency. >> and 69% say that he should not tweet from his personal account. and a majority of republicans actually think he should not tweet from his personal account. ryan klaas, ron klain, thank you for joining us tonight. >>> coming up, the first female marine to fly an f-18 in combat is now running for congress, and she's running as a democrat. she will be our next guest. nick was born to move. not necessarily after 3 toddlers with boundless energy. but lower back pain won't stop him from keeping up. because at a dr. scholl's kiosk he got a recommendation for our best custom fit orthotic to relieve his foot, knee, or lower back pain, from being on his feet. by reducing shock and stress on his body with every step. so look out world, dad's taking charge. dr. scholl's. born to move. will peop
george w. bush hit that after 1,700 days as president. obama never reached it. so this is after six months, trump hit it for the first time after 144 days. he's again there today. and by any metric, this is the most historically unpopular president at this point in his presidency. >> and 69% say that he should not tweet from his personal account. and a majority of republicans actually think he should not tweet from his personal account. ryan klaas, ron klain, thank you for joining us...